The Society of the Magi 

The Society of Magi is based in the Free City of Greyhawk. It is a common misconception that the Society of Magi is part of the Guild of Wizardry. While many magicians are members of both organizations, they are two separate and distinct entities. The Society is in fact far older and much more insular.

HISTORY

The Society was founded in the late second century CY by a wandering group of magicians who had been exiled from the Great Kingdom, though there are some who insist that these early spellcasters were actually from the city of Dyvers.

Long before the renaissance that brought Greyhawk to prominence in the fourth century CY, the Society found itself along the Selintan. It was about this time that one of the members, a person remembered only as the Grey Sage, founded Grey College.

The Society’s primary concern has always been the visibility and power of Greyhawk and its mages, even when the present city was little more than a backwater town. This made the magicians of the Society among the first to see the potential and value of the place that would eventually become the “Gem of the Flanaess.” Its members were influential in founding both Grey College and the Guild of Wizardry itself.

The Society has always been a relatively democratic group, and have historically had a President. However, they are currently under the leadership of a Triumvirate Council, consisting of Otiluke, Kieran Jalucian, and Torrentz Hebvard.

OPERATIONS

There are more than 100 magi who make up the Society’s membership, but they are rarely found together. The personal interests of each member are as varied as the magi themselves. The Society is usually broken down into coteries, each of them being devoted to their own special interest. At least once a year the entire group meets together, usually at the private home of one of the members, although inns, hostelries, or other suitable places have been used. It is rumored to be quite an event which has, on more than one occasion, resulted in extremely remarkable displays of preposterous foolery, fantastic bravado, and spectacular sorcerous artistry